I have encountered a man after my own heart. it's true...

Unfortunately, he is Russian, and dead by a century (if not more).
Yes my friends:

I have finally read Ivan Turgenev.

Turgenev... is like hearing a voice that speaks directly to my mind from the other side, 'why, it's almost like being in love...'. No, not quite so delusional (ha, you should see how Turgenev writes about love- as Russian as they come, like that Gershwin song says..."I found more clouds of grey, than any Russian play could guarantee").

Reading with Turgenev...is almost spiritual.

What a discovery. I wish I knew this man.
My favourite short story so far is 'The Diary of a Superfluous Man'.

cb